If an executive doesn't want to learn to type they hire secretaries. Then they get this gadget for the cool factor. If they are really pretentious, they get one for the secretary, too. What does that say about your status in the world, when your *secretary* doesn't even have to type.
I'd like a tablet pc, or that groovy Wacom thing, but then again, I like to draw. For real work I still use a keyboard. Why? Because a semi trained typist is going to be able to type faster than they can write. One button per letter, versus a few strokes for a letter. Typing 25 words per minute is nothing, now write 25 words a minute. Just thinking about it makes my hand cramp. I have to side with the skeptics on this one.
That's an idea...I wouldn't be too of put by that. Maybe millimeter increments in widths for the various denominations for our blind citizens...I don't like the idea of having funky currency, but as long as it's way subtle, I can live with it.
Speaking as a former cashier, the feel of fake money is quite distinct from the real thing. Often just the feel of the bill is enough tip you off. But if you want...you could look at the color changing ink in corner and the water mark next to the dead president's head. A few strip bars I've been to have UV lamps next to the cash register for stamp checking purposes and all you need is to wave the bill under the lamp to be sure...
You forgot to mention the feel of the bill
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I used to be a cashier and after handling money all day you know what money is supposed to feel like. When someone hands you a counter fit it doesn't FEEL right, then you look at the bill funny, then you look at it carefully, then swipe it with that pen thingie. But it all starts with how the bill feels...and I like how our money feels.
I CAN read the numbers, but having all the money be the same colour (notice my Canadian spelling?) makes it difficult for QUICK recognition.
I have NO DIFFICULTY telling the difference between the different denominations of US currency. However, when I was in Europe, all the flipping colors on the currency just ran together for me, and I was using the corners of the bills just like in the US anyway...only it was harder because many currencies had the number in just one corner.
What? you mean like watching tv? wait...i mean editing video...I also surf the net. Mainly it's a waste of time, but as long as i'm wasting time, I may as well do it right...
especially the first one (ep 4). Total fairy tale. Knights rushing a castle to save a princess imprisoned by a dark knight. Knights then ride into battle and defeat the dark knight.
I don't see why people who own their cable modems have to have a devine right to lower priced service
They DON'T have a divine right to lower priced SERVICE. Service is the keyword. They are providing a service. They are charging for that service. the people that lease the modem are paying for the service PLUS the lease on the modem. The people who own the modem are ONLY paying for the service. AT&T changed the price, so that if you bought your modem the price for the SERVICE is the same as paying for the service plus the modem. AT&T is now saying that there are in fact 2 different prices for the exact same service, depending on if you own the equipment or not.
Let me try a different tack here. Let's say AOL has this deal where you pay for their service and they lease you a computer to use it with...say $70/month total...that'd be $22 for the SERVICE and $48 for the computer. Now let's say you bought that comptuer and just wanted the service. You pay the $22/month for the service. Suddenly they change the deal. You own the computer but they are charging the full $70. basically they say the service is $70. But the people who lease are still paying the same $70. AOL would be saying that the service is $70 a month if you own your own computer. But the service is only $22 if you lease a computer from us for $48, but it's the exact same service.
My point is, for the exact same service, the price for that service should be the same. Why should people who are paying only for the service pay more for that service than people who are also getting the hardware to go with it?
All right I think you missed why these people are pissed off. They BOUGHT thier cable modems outright, so now they don't have to pay the leasing charge on the modem itself. AT&T changed thier pricing, now the people who BOUGHT thier cable modems are paying THE SAME PRICE as the people that lease the cable modem. Thier price was jacked up for NO REASON. Basically, AT&T is charging more for the same service because they bought thier modems.
Imagine this, AT&T gives you basic cable and leases you a TV for some amount of money. You go out and buy a TV and have them take back thier TV. Now your bill goes down because you're not paying for the lease on the TV anymore. Say, 2 years later, and AT&T raises your monthly charge. Now you go over to your friend's house and complain about the rate hike, and he doesn't know what the hell you're talking about. Your friend leases his TV and has the same cable service you do. You compare bills and they are the same. WTF? How come his servce+device monthly charge is the same price as your just service charge.
They'd probably make some sort of custom body-stocking type of pressure suit. Something that simulates air pressure through elastic tension. Then your supermodel would have a very anime looking space suit...now just fix up the hair...has to be spiky and either green or blue. Also they need pointy ears, maybe a tail...whoa momma...I would so follow that mission with an anime supermodel in space...
Will there be a language called S# (pronounced shash). You know, something that beauty contestants can program in...something to demonstrate during the talent portion. Although, I think I'd rather see some do Wynona Rider's ping pong ball trick personally...
Sun has turned normal office work into something more like a call center sweatshop. Damnit! When I was doing tech support, I had to 'share' my desk with 400 other agents. I NEVER sat in the same place twice for something like 2 and a half years. And boy is that a killer on the old moral. Now those Sun folk have to deal with traffic, an empty coffee pot at work and now they have to fight each other for desks. Oh well...at least I don't work there.
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Ok, where the hell is the monorail. I'm sure there's some kind of global zoning ordinance that requires geodesic domes to have a monorail...
Until you want to show fast moving pictures. LCD's have perrenially been plagued with slow response times. These tiny mirrors move MUCH faster. And if you want a brighter screen, just up the brightness of the lightsource. With LCD's if the lightsource gets to bright, they melt. Want a movie screen with MEMs? just get a really bright light source and a screen. Want a tv? Get a dimmer lightsource and a screen? Want a retinal dislpay? get an even dimmer light source and stick it in your eye (dump the screen). Although I think that movie thaters would use high resolution MEMs chips than your tv.
Yeah that is so true. You remember teh one about how there was supposed to be a computer in every home. Yeah that didn't happen either. And since these things are made EXACTLY like computer chips, they will NEVER become cheap enough for the average person to afford. Yup, they will always be $15 rand apiece.
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If an executive doesn't want to learn to type they hire secretaries. Then they get this gadget for the cool factor. If they are really pretentious, they get one for the secretary, too. What does that say about your status in the world, when your *secretary* doesn't even have to type.
I'd like a tablet pc, or that groovy Wacom thing, but then again, I like to draw. For real work I still use a keyboard. Why? Because a semi trained typist is going to be able to type faster than they can write. One button per letter, versus a few strokes for a letter. Typing 25 words per minute is nothing, now write 25 words a minute. Just thinking about it makes my hand cramp. I have to side with the skeptics on this one.
That's an idea...I wouldn't be too of put by that. Maybe millimeter increments in widths for the various denominations for our blind citizens...I don't like the idea of having funky currency, but as long as it's way subtle, I can live with it.
Speaking as a former cashier, the feel of fake money is quite distinct from the real thing. Often just the feel of the bill is enough tip you off. But if you want...you could look at the color changing ink in corner and the water mark next to the dead president's head. A few strip bars I've been to have UV lamps next to the cash register for stamp checking purposes and all you need is to wave the bill under the lamp to be sure...
I used to be a cashier and after handling money all day you know what money is supposed to feel like. When someone hands you a counter fit it doesn't FEEL right, then you look at the bill funny, then you look at it carefully, then swipe it with that pen thingie. But it all starts with how the bill feels...and I like how our money feels.
I have NO DIFFICULTY telling the difference between the different denominations of US currency. However, when I was in Europe, all the flipping colors on the currency just ran together for me, and I was using the corners of the bills just like in the US anyway...only it was harder because many currencies had the number in just one corner.
What? you mean like watching tv? wait...i mean editing video...I also surf the net. Mainly it's a waste of time, but as long as i'm wasting time, I may as well do it right...
I JUST installed Suse 8, now this. I need another HD, that's all there is to it...
Heros use god mode when they play. That's go to be the only explanation.
especially the first one (ep 4). Total fairy tale. Knights rushing a castle to save a princess imprisoned by a dark knight. Knights then ride into battle and defeat the dark knight.
Acutally, that's stored solar power. The fern uses solar enery to grow and blah blah..
Now you know why these people BOUGHT the modem.
They DON'T have a divine right to lower priced SERVICE. Service is the keyword. They are providing a service. They are charging for that service. the people that lease the modem are paying for the service PLUS the lease on the modem. The people who own the modem are ONLY paying for the service. AT&T changed the price, so that if you bought your modem the price for the SERVICE is the same as paying for the service plus the modem. AT&T is now saying that there are in fact 2 different prices for the exact same service, depending on if you own the equipment or not.
Let me try a different tack here. Let's say AOL has this deal where you pay for their service and they lease you a computer to use it with...say $70/month total...that'd be $22 for the SERVICE and $48 for the computer. Now let's say you bought that comptuer and just wanted the service. You pay the $22/month for the service. Suddenly they change the deal. You own the computer but they are charging the full $70. basically they say the service is $70. But the people who lease are still paying the same $70. AOL would be saying that the service is $70 a month if you own your own computer. But the service is only $22 if you lease a computer from us for $48, but it's the exact same service.
My point is, for the exact same service, the price for that service should be the same. Why should people who are paying only for the service pay more for that service than people who are also getting the hardware to go with it?
What about the ones that modify thier cables modems to get the bandwidth they pay for? I have a friend in that situation.
All right I think you missed why these people are pissed off. They BOUGHT thier cable modems outright, so now they don't have to pay the leasing charge on the modem itself. AT&T changed thier pricing, now the people who BOUGHT thier cable modems are paying THE SAME PRICE as the people that lease the cable modem. Thier price was jacked up for NO REASON. Basically, AT&T is charging more for the same service because they bought thier modems.
Imagine this, AT&T gives you basic cable and leases you a TV for some amount of money. You go out and buy a TV and have them take back thier TV. Now your bill goes down because you're not paying for the lease on the TV anymore. Say, 2 years later, and AT&T raises your monthly charge. Now you go over to your friend's house and complain about the rate hike, and he doesn't know what the hell you're talking about. Your friend leases his TV and has the same cable service you do. You compare bills and they are the same. WTF? How come his servce+device monthly charge is the same price as your just service charge.
These people do have a legitimate gripe.
Hey now! Pokemon is NOT hallucinogenic. I watch it all the time....whoa! where'd all these pixies come from?!
Seriously, Pokemon doesn't cause hallucinations...it causes seizures, get it straight.
Sure...I'll just whip out my old commie and surf on over to that site and see what's up...
Oh my GAWD!!!! you can surf with a commodore 64!
They'd probably make some sort of custom body-stocking type of pressure suit. Something that simulates air pressure through elastic tension. Then your supermodel would have a very anime looking space suit...now just fix up the hair...has to be spiky and either green or blue. Also they need pointy ears, maybe a tail...whoa momma...I would so follow that mission with an anime supermodel in space...
a value added movie? cripes, where on this planet do I escape marketers?
Will there be a language called S# (pronounced shash). You know, something that beauty contestants can program in...something to demonstrate during the talent portion. Although, I think I'd rather see some do Wynona Rider's ping pong ball trick personally...
Duh! So you have an excuse to hug the damn thing.
Sun has turned normal office work into something more like a call center sweatshop. Damnit! When I was doing tech support, I had to 'share' my desk with 400 other agents. I NEVER sat in the same place twice for something like 2 and a half years. And boy is that a killer on the old moral. Now those Sun folk have to deal with traffic, an empty coffee pot at work and now they have to fight each other for desks. Oh well...at least I don't work there.
Ok, where the hell is the monorail. I'm sure there's some kind of global zoning ordinance that requires geodesic domes to have a monorail...
Until you want to show fast moving pictures. LCD's have perrenially been plagued with slow response times. These tiny mirrors move MUCH faster. And if you want a brighter screen, just up the brightness of the lightsource. With LCD's if the lightsource gets to bright, they melt. Want a movie screen with MEMs? just get a really bright light source and a screen. Want a tv? Get a dimmer lightsource and a screen? Want a retinal dislpay? get an even dimmer light source and stick it in your eye (dump the screen). Although I think that movie thaters would use high resolution MEMs chips than your tv.
Yeah that is so true. You remember teh one about how there was supposed to be a computer in every home. Yeah that didn't happen either. And since these things are made EXACTLY like computer chips, they will NEVER become cheap enough for the average person to afford. Yup, they will always be $15 rand apiece.